Since the murder of Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART station, the Anti Police-Terror Project has fought to redefine public safety in the City of Oakland. Today’s vote in support of Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas’s budget to cut police spending and fund crucial social services shows Oakland’s commitment as a progressive city to support policies that actually keep us safe.
Read MoreWe seem destined and determined to keep repeating the same failed public safety policies and rinsing our hands of the responsibility for the failure.
Read MoreStories and updates from the APTP Sacramento team.
Read MoreOakland is currently leading the nation in the Divest conversation. This is not the time to turn back.
Read MoreThe Anti Police-Terror Project doesn’t just stand in solidarity with Palestine. We stand in solidarity with Palestinian resistance!
Read MoreToday Mayor Libby Schaaf released her proposed Oakland city budget for 2021-2023. Unfortunately, after tens of thousands of Oaklanders demanded the mayor reduce police spending and instead invest in community services, Mayor Schaaf has chosen to increase the police budget yet again.
Read MoreGeorge Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin on 03/25/2020. Despite great effort on the part of Chauvin’s attorney to assassinate George’s character and blame him for his own murder, Chauvin was rightfully found GUILTY.
Read MoreA bloated police budget has not made the streets any safer; it's time for real alternatives.
Read MoreWe are not going to just sit idly by while Black folks are pushed out of yet one more PUBLIC Oakland space nor wait for the inevitable harm that will come as a result of the increased policing of our bodies and culture.
Read MoreAPTP Sacramento is fundraising to create a general fund for Black Women to be able to join self care retreats.
Read MorePolice are violence responders. Not violence interrupters. We need to invest in root cause preventive strategies. We need to get to the gun before the bullet flies, not watch yet another mother put her child in the ground. We need to Refund, Restore, and Reimagine.
Read MoreAs a result of extensive organizing by the Defund Police Coalition (Defund OPD), an Anti Police-Terror Project led coalition, Oakland’s Reimagining Public Safety Task Force last night finalized a proposal of bold, smart and transformative recommendations that will completely reimagine public safety in Oakland.
Read MoreToday members of the Oakland City Council voted unanimously to introduce a model for mental health emergency support to Oaklanders (known as MACRO) that does not lead with law enforcement.
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